Variable definitions in use of "inflammatory pseudotumor"; some use term to describe any circumscribed or irregular inflammatory nodule, mass or consolidation; others favor a more descriptive diagnosis

May show features of organizing pneumonia including lymphohistiocytic inflammation and fibrosis with preservation of alveolar architecture in early lesions; also bordering alveoli with foamy macrophages and hyperplastic pneumocytes

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